Travel as Transformation by Gregory V Diehl is a remarkable book by a remarkably insightful young author. Diehl left the comforts of his Californian home in his late teens with the purpose of travelling the world - gaining cultural insights, shaking off his acquired childhood...

Phase one, infect a local population and turn them into engineered zombies. Phase two, relocate the patients who had the mutated strain for further experimentation. That appeared to have been the plan for Baseborn Identity Research, or at least the immediate one, but they hadn't...

Tin Cans is a humorous contemporary fiction novel written by Lise Freeman. Lana was co-owner of the Florida Manufactured Home Store along with her cousin and best friend, Tedi, and her other best friend, Toby, was their manager. They performed miracles of all kinds, mostly...

What does it feel like to be in constant contact with the pain and misery of others, to touch the brokenness and fragility of another human being — the strangers, the homeless people brought straight from the gutters of life, the ones glued to their...

Angelika is a contemporary fiction novel written by David Bennett Laing. Forty-year-old Asher Flynn enjoyed his current position on the faculty of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. He loved teaching his classes in biology, and the seasonal skiing was superb and often challenging. The chilly...

My Shenandoah Love: Hanna Jones, Volume 1 by Jonathan Kuiper recounts eight years of Hanna’s life in a series of flashbacks that have a gripping sense of immediacy. The first shows Hanna at fifteen, troubled to the point of mental abuse, by Diane, her promiscuous...

The Order of St. Michael: A Bud Hutchins Thriller is a contemporary paranormal fantasy for young adults written by J.B. Michaels. Bud Hutchins discovered that one of his teleportation devices had been stolen, and he was hot on the thief’s trail. His first stop was...

Stef Smulders' Living in Italy: The Real Deal is a thoroughly entertaining read and a unique introduction to ‘the Italian way’! While attending a university course, Stef and husband, Nico, decide almost on a whim to buy a property in the wine region of Pavia...

Cancer, Faith & Butterflies (How do you believe when your world falls apart) by Johnny M. Sanchez describes how when we are dealing with pain and loss, that is when we need God the most. Unfortunately, that is also the time when most of us...

The House On Galloway Rd by Adele Frances is a young adult mystery novel about a pair of twins who are trying to help their mother overcome some trauma that happened to her when she was young. Their mother, Bobbi, is always facing some sort...

Tyler the Fish and the Lake Erie Bully by Meaghan Fisher is a colorful concept story for young children. Little Tyler the fish starts school and on his very first day makes a new friend, enjoys story time, and encounters the unkind bullying of the...

Pip the Possum by Meagan Fisher is the delightful story of Pip the Possum who lived in a forest and was always happy. He was different from the other possums, though; he could not hang upside down from a tree. His entire family tried to...

Somewhere by the Sea (Finding Somewhere Series, Book I) by Verna Clay is a treasure trove of emotional triggers that take a young widowed woman to her deceased family’s dream place as a final challenge to hold onto, and let go of, her departed husband...

Magora: The Golden Maple Tree by talented author Marc Remus is the second book in the Magora children’s fantasy series and is, quite frankly, utterly magical. Twelve-year-old Holly O’Flanigan alternates between ‘the real world’ of Donkleywood, where she lives in a mansion with her foster...

The Carnival Keepers by Amber Gulley is a delightful fantasy following the story of James as his life goes from arrogance and bet making, to falling into the clutches of the carnival. As James focuses on a series of bets from his good friend Alex,...

Shadows by Angie Martin is a fresh and frightening trek into the world of psychological horror. Via six eerie stories, Martin reflects the turmoil that normal people can feel when things go really wrong—that’s right, normal people. Not the super heroes or the person(s) you...

Defender: A Scottish-American Fairy Tale by Travis L. Salisbury and Janet C. Smyth is a powerful blend of romance and adventure, a beautifully written story with compelling characters, a strong storyline featuring unexpected leaps of faith and sudden surprises, and an endearing sense of suspense,...

In The Black River Chronicles (Level One) by David Tallerman and Michael Wills, the Black River Academy of Swordcraft and Spellcraft is a go-to training centre for rangers, wizards, fighters and rogues. Its current newest group of students has been at the academy for three...

Dotty and the Chimney Thief is a children’s book written by Emma Warner-Reed. Whilst in Skype chat with her best friend, Sylvia, Dotty Parsons is aggrieved to discover that one of her best friends, Joe, has disappeared. In trying to consult with her Great Uncle...

Progenitor by Sherri Moorer is the first book in the Earthside Trilogy and can most definitely be considered science fiction. Progenitor will appeal most to young adult females who enjoy science fiction; male readers may also enjoy the book, but with a female main character,...